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1213. Lee, Ken. 2000. New developments with yuba,
soymilk, and tofu at Soyfoods of America (Interview).
SoyaScan Notes. Aug. 18. Conducted by William Shurtleff of
Soyfoods Center.
• Summary: Soyfoods of America still makes yuba and,
in fact, cannot keep up with the demand. The fresh frozen
sheets is their best selling yuba product; it is sold mostly to
restaurants, where it is used like an egg-roll wrapper. The
dried yuba sticks are used in soups. Ken is developing the
equipment and a process for automating the yuba-making
process.
The company’s best selling product of all is Furama
soymilk, sold in both the Oriental and Caucasian markets in
the USA. Ken no longer makes tofu; he has House Foods
make it for him under his label, since they are the lowest-cost
manufacturer.
Two weeks ago Ken’s company introduced a cultured
soy beverage under the Trader Joe’s label, in peach and
strawberry fl avors. It was developed by Tim Huang. Ken will
soon introduce a similar product under his SoyWise brand.
Address: President, 1091 E. Hamilton Rd., Duarte, California
91010. Phone: 626-358-3836.
1214. Nordquist, Ted. 2000. Update on work with soyfoods
(Interview). SoyaScan Notes. Aug. 18. Conducted by William
Shurtleff of Soyfoods Center.
• Summary: Sales of Ted’s WholeSoy soy yogurt “are going
through the roof” = increasing dramatically. Ted is moving
production from Fullerton to SSI (Super Store Industries)
in Turlock, California–just south of Modesto. He leaves
home at 4:00 in the morning to arrive there last Sunday and
Monday at 6:00 a.m.
Ted’s ice cream is also “fl ying off the shelves” =
selling very well. Things are going very, very well for
Ted’s business. He is still trying to fi nd a partner to do the
soymilk–after Suiza Foods Corp. went off on their own. Ted
would have a hard time partnering with people who have
betrayed him. “They’d almost have to elect me chairman of
the board before I’d agree to go back and work with them.”
With his WholeSoy Soymilk, Ted was actually 3-4 months
ahead of White Wave in the “100-yard dash” to get into
supermarkets. Ted was ready to go in June of 1999, ready to
sell it through Pacifi c Coast Brands with Neil Donovan, the
man who makes Lactaid–but Neil uses Suiza’s distribution.
Ted is now talking to some big players, but it would be very
expensive to launch the product. He is talking with some big
chains about Ted making the WholeSoy Soymilk under his
label, then the chain would distribute and sell it. Ted can’t
afford to pay the upfront marketing expenses–including
slotting allowances for individual stores. If White Wave’s
Silk and Ted’s WholeSoy were compared right now in a
well designed taste test, Ted’s product would defi nitely get
higher scores. Address: TAN Industries, Inc., 49 Stevenson
St., Suite 1075, San Francisco, California 94105-2975; 660
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1215. Product Name: Veggie Yogurt.
Manufacturer’s Name: Galaxy Foods.
Manufacturer’s Address: 2441 Viscount Row, Orlando, FL
32809. Phone: 800-441-9419.
Date of Introduction: 2000. August.
How Stored: Refrigerated.
New Product–Documentation: Spot in Monthly Insight
(Galaxy Foods, Florida). 2000. March. p. 2. “Our newest
product, Veggie Yogurt, was featured in the number one
position by Dairy Foods magazine, a Cahners Publication.
Revenue of Veggie Slices and Veggie Yogurt would have
been greater except that we were unable to fi ll a signifi cant
amount of orders due to delays in certain production and
packaging machinery achieving optimum levels.”
1216. Dean Foods Co. 2000. 75th anniversary annual report:
1925-2000. Franklin Park, Illinois. 42 p. 28 cm.
• Summary: Net sales in 1999 was $4,065 million ($4.065
billion). Net income after taxes was $106.118 million. This
annual report contains an excellent history and chronology of
the company, and also a list of its “fi rsts.”
1925 June–Dean Foods begins as Sam Dean, Sr.
purchased the Pecatonica Marketing Co., an evaporated milk
processing facility in northwestern Illinois.
1927 Jan.–The company name was changed to Dean
Evaporated Milk Company. During 1927 Dean purchased
dairy plants in Belvidere and Chemung, Illinois. 1929–The
company name was changed to Dean Milk Company. 1936–
The last horse-drawn milk wagon was replaced by a Dean
milk truck.
1940–Dean introduced fl uid milk, packaged in waxed
paper cartons.
1993 Dec.–Dean acquired its fi rst national brand label,
Birds Eye frozen vegetables. But then Dean vegetable
operations were sold in Sept. 1998.
1998–Dean introduced its innovative Chug packaging,
providing single-serve containers for on-the-go consumers
with the “Milk Where You Want It” slogan.
2000 July–Dean completed its largest dairy acquisition
with the purchase of the Land O’ Lakes Upper Midwest fl uid
Dairy operations, expanding Dean’s marketing area.
Accompanying the annual report is an announcement
of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement
(26 p.). Howard M. Dean is chairman of the board and CEO.
This year (2000) his salary was $700,000 and his bonus
$677,408. He was also granted 86,000 shares of company
stock, with each share worth $37.31 = $3,208,660.
Under “Specialty Products” (p. 15) we read: “Another
promising relationship was established in fi scal 2000 with
an equity investment in Colorado-based White Wave, Inc.,
a producer of soy-based products. White Wave sells its
refrigerated soymilk products under the brand name Silk.